Product Owner Associate  

As a Product Owner Associate, you will assist the Product Owner in managing the full product lifecycle from concept to launch. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to successfully deliver high-quality products that meet market needs and achieve business goals. Your responsibilities will include gathering and analyzing requirements, prioritizing features, and ensuring effective stakeholder engagement.

Duties And Responsibilities:

Requirement Gathering and Analysis:

- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document requirements.

- Translate business needs into clear and actionable user stories and acceptance criteria.

Documentation and Reporting:

- Prepare and maintain comprehensive product documentation, including user stories, acceptance criteria, and feature specifications.

- Assist in preparing reports and presentations for stakeholders on product performance and plans.

Product Backlog Refinement

- Develops and explicitly communicates the Product Goal to the Development team

- Creates and communicates Product Backlog Items

- Orders and manages Product Backlog Items

- Ensuring that the Product Backlog is transparent, visible and understood

Collaboration and Communication

- Focuses on building strong relationships with stakeholders, customers and team members across the organisation, encouraging collaboration and communication.

- Collaborate across multiple disciplines across an organisation to develop great products that offer true value to the customer.

Working software

- Prioritises delivering working software that meets customer needs and provides value

Continuous Improvement

- Flexible and able to adapt to changes in customer needs and market conditions, adjusting the product roadmap and strategy as needed.

- Conduct market research and competitor analysis to identify opportunities for product improvement.

Support Agile Processes:

- Work within Agile frameworks, participating in daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies.

- Collaborate with the development team to ensure effective sprint execution.

Product Development Support

- Assist in creating and maintaining product roadmaps and release plans.

- Support the Product Owner in defining and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) and success metrics.

- Participate in testing and validation of new features and enhancements to ensure they meet requirements.

Qualifications:

- Candidates must possess at least Bachelor's/College Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent.

- Internship experience in Product Ownership, Project Management or relevant field.

- Work experience in Product Ownership/ Product Management is a plus.

- Can understand the modern software development process.

- Good technical understanding and can pick up new tools/software quickly

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies is a plus.

- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Skills:

• Vision and Strategy
• Analytical and Strategical Thinking Skills
• Effective Written and Verbal Communication Skills
• Technical Skills
• Management
• Customer-Focused
• Prioritization and Organization Skills
• Problem-Solving Skills
• Adaptability
• Collaboration